Toy



J. C. FONG March 26, 1957 TOY Filed July 18. 1955' m f W R mmw m5 m N wM m zr mm in m a Y B United States Patent TOY Joseph C. Fong, SanFrancisco, Calif.

Application July 18, 1955, Serial No. 522,452

2 Claims. (Cl. 46-1) This invention relates to a toy or the like andparticularly relates to a toy having a platform equipped with rockersand having a cylinder which is free to roll along the platform, butwhich is held in place and is prevented from coming olf the platform bya plurality of tapes.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a compacttoy which may be played with, either on a table, or while being held inthe hand, which does not readily come apart and which is inexpensive tomanufacture.

In the drawings forming a part of this application:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the toy of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the toy of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the toy of the present invention.

Figure 4 i a section on the lines 44 of Figure 3.

Referring now to the drawings by reference characters, there is shown atoy having a platform, generally designated 6, and having a cylinder,generally designated 8, free to roll thereon. A pair of tapes and 12 areattached to the cylinder 8 at the points 14 and 16, respectively, asshown. The opposite ends of tapes 10 and 12 are fastened to one end ofthe platform 6 at point 18. Another tape 20 is provided, one end ofwhich is fastened to the cylinder at point 22, while the opposite end oftape 20 is passed through slot 24 of platform 6 and fastened at point26.

Under the platform 6, two rockers 28 and 30 are provided. These protrudefrom the center of the platform and have a flat center portion. In thismanner, the platforms may be placed, with the cylinder in the centerthereof, flat on the rockers 28 and the toy will remain balanced on atable. On the other hand, if either end is pushed down, such as theright-hand end as is shown in Figure 3, the cylinder 8 will run to thedown end of the toy and one may thus play with the toy by merelypressing alternately on opposite ends of the platform 6. On the otherhand, it is possible to play with the toy without the use of a table orthe like, and the platform 6.-

may be merely held in one hand and tilted up and down.

It is believed apparent from the foregoing that I have described a noveltoy, of simple construction, which is capable of giving much enjoymentto a child.

I claim:

1. A toy comprising an elongated platform, a cylinder having a heightslightly less than the width of said platform, said cylinder being freeto roll over said platform, a first tape slightly horter than the lengthof the platform, said first tape having first and second ends whereinthe first end of the tape is attached near one end of the platform atthe center thereof, said tape passing under said cylinder and beingattached at its second end to a point near the center of the wall ofsaid cylinder, a pair of second tapes each of substantially the samelength as the first tape, said second tapes lying on each side of thefirst tape, one end of each of said second tapes being attached to theplatform near the opposite end from the point of attachment of the firsttape, said second tapes passing under said cylinder and each havingopposite ends attached to said cylinder whereby said cylinder can rollfreely over substantially the entire length of the platform but whereinsaid tapes restrain the cylinder from rolling completely oil theplatform.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the platform is provided with a rockerin the center thereof.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS797,105 Graves Aug. 15, 1905 1,876,481 Wright Sept. 6, 1932 2,694,571Reynolds Nov. 16, 1954

